USVI Track and Field Athletes Continuing Stellar Collegiate Season

Young Virgin Islands athletes are setting territorial records and moving up the regional rankings as their 2023 collegiate season continues.

Members of the Virgin Islands Track and Field team had an excellent week, with winning performances from Sofia Swindell, Omari Bennett and Michelle Smith, as well as a new Virgin Islands National Record from Rachel Conoff, who ran 4:32.19 in the 1500m at the Centennial Conference Championships in Pennsylvania. Her record-setting time secured 2nd place in that event. Ms.Conoff also participated in the 4x800m relay, contributing to a 2nd place finish in that event and setting a new record for Ursinus College, where she is a senior, in the process.

Sofia Swindell competed in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League Championships on Saturday, coming away with a clutch of three gold medals and one silver. Ms. Swindell led the pack in the 100m hurdles, recording a personal best time of 12.43 in that event. She dispensed with the 100m hurdles in a time of 14.84 and she won the triple jump with another personal best performance - 38 feet and 6.75 inches. Ms. Swindell’s silver medal came in the long jump, where she leapt 17 feet and 2 inches to secure second place.